Category: Button

Bar stud (button) B3603

Foto: Ann Mari Olsen © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Fragmented bar stud (rod-shaped button). The rod is broken on both sides, one fragment is preserved. Total length of the longest side is 5 cm. The bar has faint traces of vertical parallel lines. The hole is oval. The rod pin is heavily corroded and it measures 3.6 x 2.6 cm. The fragment measures 2.8 cm.

Location:
Lunde, Farsund, Vest-Agder

Context:
Found in a mound, among charcoal and burnt bones. There is no information about a possible coffin, or in which part of the mound it was found. The mound is identified as No. VIII on the map of the mounds at Lunde (Ab. 1877:99). According to the catalogue, a clay bead (B04139) was also found in the mound (Ab.1882).

Dating:
Younger Bronze Age period 5

Dagger, razor, fibula, button, tweezer B5952/a-e

Dagger. It has a triangular hilt plate, the blade has a marked center rib, and there are some notches along the sides. The blade is corroded. Length: 26.3 cm. B5952/a.

Small razor with horse head-shaped handle. The blade is curved, the end is broken. The handle is long, slender and curved, and ends in a horse’s head. There is no other decoration. Length: c. 7 cm. B5952/b.

Complete fibula with disc-shaped head and spiral ends. There is weak decoration on the hoop: slanted, twisted lines. The fibula is heavily corroded. Length: 9.7 cm. B5952/c.

Double button, consisting of two disks connected by a short rod. The upper plate is domed and decorated: a star in the center, surrounded by parallel lines. Part of the disc is damaged. The double button is corroded. Width: 2.7 cm. B5952/d.

Decorated tweezers. The bow is broken. There is a thin line and two rows of triangles running from the bow to the mouth of the tweezers. The decoration is weak due to wear and corrosion. Length: 9.3 cm. B5952/e.

Photo: Svein Skare © University Museum in Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Location:
Gunnarshaug, Karmøy, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a mound, «Kubbhaug», excavated by Shetelig and Brøgger in 1905. The mound was 17 x 2.7 m and was built of earth, with a layer of round stones at the bottom. The remains of a disturbed curb could be seen near the edge of the mound. An inner coffin was found NW of the centre, it measured 3.5 x 2.7 m, height 0.85 m. The coffin covered a brick chamber, 1.8 x 0.6 m, 0.4 m deep. The bottom was covered with small stones and bark. A cranium was found at the northern end of the coffin, other bones were found in the middle.

Date:
The collection can be dated to the Early Bronze Age period 3.

Double button B546

Small double button with central boss. The top plate is raised and decorated with ribs. The boss is long and has a round plate at the end. This description is based on a drawing in Rygh 1999 [1885], as the double button has not been placed in the museum magazines. Length: 2.5 cm. Photo: Svein Skare © University Museum in Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Context:
Found in a mound at Reheia on Karmøy in 1844; we do not know which mound and there is no information about the burial. It was found together with gold leaf (B548) and cremated bones (B547).

Location:
Utvik, Karmøy, Rogaland

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3

Pin, button, tweezer, razor B5962/a

Pin. Photo: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Razor. Photo: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Botton. Photo: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Tweezer. Photo: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Disc-headed pin (B5962/a). The disc is decorated with three concentric rings around a small projection. The needle is slightly bent. Dark green patina. Baudou’s type XXV B 2b. Length: 13.1 cm. Width: 2 cm across the disc. Weight: 10 g.

Double button (B5962/b), consisting of two round plates connected by a short rod. The top plate is convex and has a border of dots around the edge. There are also two circles on one side of the plate, both faint and worn. Dark green patina. Length: 1.6 cm. Width: 2.7 cm. Weight: 8 g.

Half of a pair of tweezers (B5962/c), broken at the hoop. Straight sides, wider at the edge. Three parallel lines run from the hoop to the edge. These lines were discovered after the fragment was cleaned at the conservation laboratory. Dark green patina. The decoration is similar to Montelius: Minnen 1365. Length: 4.9 cm. Width: 0.5 cm (edge). Weight 2 g.

Razor (B5962/d) (possibly knife). Triangular, broad blade that ends in a short pincer. Part of the leaf is missing. Dark green patina. Length: 7.3 cm. Width: 2.8 cm. Weight: 9 g.

Context:
The objects were found in a burial in Vestbøstad. Røysen was one of a group of four at Kalveidet, excavated in 1905 (De Lange 1905). The dykes were placed in a slightly curved row from NE to SW by the islet, which is flat and cultivated. The Røys were located close to land in outlying areas and in small fields. One of the excavated piles had been disturbed earlier during the removal of stone used to build fences, and metal objects had been found and removed. The items were not delivered to the museum and are presumably lost. No other items were found. The cairn was large, about 25 m across and about 3.5 m high. Two stone chests were found; one was about 2 m long and built of large flat stones. There were no finds, although the size of the coffin suggests that this was an Early Bronze Age burial. The second coffin was found five m from the western edge of the cairn. It was built from six slabs, set on the base of the cairn, and measured 1×0.6 m. The cist contained ashes, large pieces of cremated bones and three bronze objects among the bones: a needle, a razor and a stud. A fourth object, one half of a pair of tweezers, was found outside and close to the coffin. The other half were not located.

Location:
Vestbøstad (no. 61/14), Fitjar, Hordaland

Date:
The needle is of a type that usually dates to the Younger Bronze Age period 4 or transition to period 5. The double button is dated to period 4-5. Tweezers and plane have a general date to period 4-6.

Urn, pot shards, arrowhead, double-button, awl B3875

 

Photo: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

 

Urn with cremated bones (B3875/a). It was made of clay tempered with sand, red/orange on the outside, gray on the inside. The urn was double-conical. There were 15 small holes along the widest part of the urn. There were only minor injuries. Height: 24.5 cm

Shards of a second urn (B3875/b), red/orange wares tempered with sand. The bottom shards indicate a conical shape. The surface is somewhat uneven. According to the original catalogue, this pot may have been used as a lid.

Arrowhead with tanges (B03875/c). The brown patina is almost completely removed. The pliers have a square cross-section. Baudous type V A. Length: 8.7 cm

Small double button with decoration (B3875/d). The top plate is raised and conical, and is decorated with concentric rings interspersed with two rows of vertical parallel lines. Width: 2 cm. Height: 1.7 cm

Small awl, broken at one end (B3875/e). When it was found there was a small point and a wooden handle, but both snapped and disintegrated when touched. One end has a round cross-section, while the other end has a square cross-section and ends in a small tongs. Length: 2.4 cm

Context:
Found in a long mound pile, in a small stone cist measuring 1.5 feet and built of slabs. A larger, collapsed stone coffin was found nearby in 1880. The mound was low.

Location:
Vest-Hassel, Farsund, Vest-Agder

Date:
Both the arrowhead and the button indicate a date to the Younger Bronze Age period 4.